The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

History is Philosophy teaching by examples.

Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured.

Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.

Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.

Abstinence from all injustice to other first-rate powers is a greater tower of strength than anything that can be gained by the sacrifice of permanent tranquillity for an apparent temporary advantage.

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.

The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom courage.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them glory and danger alike and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.

We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.

People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don't desire to exhaustive thinking.

A-list stars go to Comic-Con to woo the nerd demographic.

Education happens to be something that all people, all cultures, need to embrace. Math, science, the words of the world. To be able to speak and be able to have clarity and to be able to think. Those are the greatest of gifts.

I have two homes in Malibu, a home in Canada that I'm building, and I just love pouring my heart out into this part of my life.

Being in the consumer business helps us groom talent in areas like marketing, finance and logistics. We can benchmark our outsourcing business to our consumer business and its best practices.

My dad listened to a lot of James Taylor when I was growing up. We had a couple of his cassettes in the car, and we'd go on a lot of long family car trips. It was either strange musicals or James Taylor - or Whitney Houston. It was quite the combination there.

I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.

You're stronger than us. Once you find your anchor never let go of it. No matter what.

Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire.

I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.

I'm a really hectic dreamer; I never wake up not out of a dream, and there's loads going on, lots of action, big blockbuster dreams, they're all major enterprises.

'Blue Plate Special' is the autobiography of my first half-century of life, with food as the subject.

I never got into coffee.

I'm a humor writer, so I don't always present myself in the best light.

I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well adjusted and can face conflict in a non-emotional and non-destructive way, and those are the people I try to surround myself with in my life. But as characters, they bore me.

I continue to dream of a day when my skullcap will not stick out so much.

Animation is a fascinating area from an acting point of view because it's not really like anything else because you are only providing a portion of the performance. That's very inspiring and it forces you to do things in a different way - to tell stories through your voice.

My whole purpose of taking on miniature painting was to break the tradition, to experiment with it, to find new ways of making meaning, to question the relevance of it.

The scriptures say to wake up from the deep sleep of ignorance, remain fully awake, remain conscious, & go on learning.

I know of no book which has been a source of brutality and sadistic conduct, both public and private, that can compare with the Bible.

Very bright teeth as big and orderly as piano keys.

The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.

If you're not a nice person, don't call.

The system of transportation is not coherent; it is not treated as integral. Roads compete with with railroads and airlines in chaotic fashion, and at immense cost to the nation.

LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go.